User:Saergytha/Maj-Gen Sir John Braithwaite, 1st Baronet of Poston (Indian Army

Major-General Sir John Braithwaite (1739-1803) 1st Baronet of Poston, Herefordshire, only son of Colonel John Braithwaite (1696-1740) and Sylvia (nee Cole) (1714-1799). Colonel Braithwaite was killed when the Baltic merchant vessel in which he and his family were travelling from Carolina to Britain was attacked by privateers.

Sister Sylvia Braithwaite married the Bonnell Thornton (1725-1768) English poet, essayist and critic.

Sister Caroline Braithwaite (1734-1802) married wealthy merchant Robert Armitage, Mayor of Liverpool 1738-39.

Military career:

Major 1772 marched against Poligars of Madura and Tinnevelly:

Lt Colonel: captured 1779, the French settlement of Make: took an active part in the war with Hyder Ali:

1780, Colonel and in command of troops in Tanjore: his defeat by Tippoo near Annagudi in 1782 was a serious blow to the Southern army: he himself was wounded and taken prisoner but released on the conclusion of peace in 1784. Subsequently held high command in the Madras army.

1792: when war broke out with the French Republic, Braithwaite took Pondicherry,

1793: Maj-Gen in 1800.

Died August 1803.

[John Brathwaite: Dictionary of Indian Biography - note the spelling of the surname varied over time.]

Daughter Sylvia Braithwaite married Charles Parkhurst.

Succeeded By his son, George-Charles Braithwaite (1762-1809) who married Eliza Boughton, daughter of Sir Edward Boughton Bt and Salome Davis, a servant. Sir Edward left his estate, Poston Court, to his daughter; not to the heir of the Boughton baronetcy, Sir Charles Rouse-Boughton Bt, from whom the comedian Alexander Armstrong is a direct descendant.